AI News for May 13, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Google unveils Googlebook laptops running Android with Gemini at the core: Google introduced Googlebook, a new high-end Android-based laptop platform built around Gemini Intelligence, with Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer, and Asus shipping models this fall.
[NEWS] Altman takes the stand: Musk wanted total control and considered passing it to his kids: Sam Altman testified in Musk v.
[NEWS] Google ships Android 17 and Gemini Intelligence with cross-app agents: Google unveiled Android 17 and a new Gemini Intelligence umbrella at its Android Show, packing task automation that books trips, fills forms, and moves grocery lists into shopping carts across apps.
[TOOLS] Anthropic launches 12 legal plugins and 20 MCP connectors for Claude: Anthropic released twelve role-specific legal plugins and over 20 MCP connectors for Claude Cowork, spanning M&A due diligence, contract review, employment law, litigation prep, and AI governance.
[NEWS] Anthropic in talks to raise $30B at $900B valuation: Anthropic is in early discussions with investors to raise at least $30 billion in fresh financing at a $900 billion valuation, setting up what could be the largest funding round in the company's history.
[NEWS] Isomorphic Labs' $2.1B Series B closes with Thrive, Temasek, and UK Sovereign AI Fund: Isomorphic Labs has officially closed its $2.1B Series B — the 'raising over $2B' talks reported May 9 have concluded.
[RESEARCH] Perceptron ships Mk1 video AI at 80-90% below Claude, GPT-5, Gemini pricing: Two-year-old startup Perceptron released Mk1, a proprietary video analysis reasoning model priced at $0.15 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output, roughly 80-90% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.5, GPT-5, and Gemini 3.1 Pro.
[NEWS] Google and SpaceX in talks to launch orbital data centers: Google and SpaceX are discussing partnering to put AI data centers in orbit, building on Google's Project Suncatcher initiative that plans prototype satellites by 2027.
[NEWS] CME launches futures market for AI computing power: CME Group is teaming with index provider Silicon Data to create a futures market for AI computing power, functionally setting a price for the compute behind the AI boom.
[NEWS] Shai-Hulud worm hits 172 npm and PyPI packages, harvests Claude and Kiro tokens: Between May 11 and 13, the Mini Shai-Hulud worm published 84 malicious versions across 42 @tanstack/* npm packages, expanding to 172 packages and 403 malicious versions across npm and PyPI within 48 hours.

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